Twitter Hash Tags Leave Me A Liitle Confused :-(
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Good Afternoon from 9 degrees C wetherby UK
I'm trying to get a better understanding of how search results are retrieved in Twitter. Take this scanario for instance. Via twitter search (see screen grab for illustration [IMG]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/zymurgy_bucket/hash-tag-query.jpg[/IMG] ) you enter Vintage Clothing. The results
show tweets where some have #Vintage #clothing in the text whilst others just have the term vintage clothing in the tweet.So my question is please... "If your client asks how do i get my tweets picked up by searchers looking for vintage clothing should i ad hash tags or not bother and just mention the term in the tweek"
Put another way, why do some tweeters hash tag a key pharse and place term in the snippet. I'm, a bit confused...
[IMG]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/zymurgy_bucket/confused.jpg[/IMG]
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You can create it, but it is better to use a currently trending one unless you have access to a very authoritative twitter account.
If you have an event or conference then yes you would need to register it, other than that I would just watch the trends with ideas in pocket with a few different scenarios of good content you have to distribute.
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Thanks Shane great example. But i wonder who creates the hash tag? I mean could i just pluck one out of the air now like #flashphotography and begin to use it and after time it begins to be used a bit like a new word in natural language.
I'm feeling chicken and the egg syndrome with a large dollop of confusion
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Hi,
Hashtags are just trends, or groups of Tweets/Posts that are all lumped together due to a trending topic or event.
Lets take a currently trending item
So what a business might do is find a way to insert themselves in a funny and witty way.
**Disclaimer the following example may be neither funny nor witty, but it is just an example
A Skate shop might do something like...
The #StupidThingsPeopleDo when skateboarding {link to video hosted on your site of skateboarding accidents]
That was probably a pretty weak example, but it is the way businesses can capitalize on trends, but only if done in a genuine way and not just throwing in a a semi relevant trending hashtag.
A good way to look at it is possibly categories of a blog, the hashtag is the category tag, but it references the entire twtterverse, instead of just referencing your blog.
In your exact example of Vintage, I would suggest the including of the hashtag vintage when it makes since
Sale today on 70's #vintage clothing click for details (link)
This also is kind of a weak example, but it is Friday, and out of Ideas....
Hope this helps a little
w00t!
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